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About R&B Cellars | Tasting Events Calendar
Events Calendar
Wine & Music & Charitible Events
Guest Chef / R&B Cellars
R&B will be pairing with good friend, Chef Paul Skrentny at Guest Chef!
When: Tuesday May 7th - Tuesday May 21st
Where: Guest Chef, 5337 College Ave. in Oakland
A 6-course tasting menu! Reservations recommended as space is limited. 510-658-7378
Cellar Door Cafe Grand Opening - formerly Angela's, Cellar Door is featuring new small plates & wine pairings
When: Monday, May 13th from 5 - 9 pm
Where: 2301 Central Ave in Alameda
Reservation required: RSVP to KariCellarDoor@gmail.com
San Francisco Bay Area Chamber Choir - Choral Concerts (Kevin and Barbara both sing in this prestigeous choir)
When/Where: Saturday, May 18th at 8PM at St/ Paul's Episcopal church in Oakland.
When/Where: Sunday, May 19th at 7PM at the Old Mission San Jose in Fremont
Tickets: $15 - Will be available online soon!
Click here for more information on the choir.
Friday Night Flights Drink some R&B wines and support a local charity!
When: June 7th from 5:30 - 7:30
Where: Cellar Door - 2301 Central Ave. in Alameda
Abigails At-Home Fashions
Come & sip some R&B wine while you shop the beautiful lines of Abigails!
When: Saturday June 8th from 12 - 4PM
Where: The Brown home - 1835 San Jose Avenue in Alameda
Note! For those interested in R&B Cellars investment opportunity, stay for a wine presentation at 5PM
Vintage Albuquerque
When: June 21st - Trade Tasting / June 21st - Grand Food & Wine Tasting
More info to come
About R&B Cellars
R&B Cellars is Alameda's largest family-owned winery. It is part of the burgeoning East Bay urban wine scene and is a member of the illustrious East Bay Vintners Alliance, a group of 22 outstanding urban wineries in San Francisco's East Bay. R&B's core mission has been to create high quality wines that deliver tremendous value to the consumer. Since 1997, winemaker Kevin Brown has taken a detail-oriented and labor-intensive approach to crafting the highest quality wines. Each of the winery's varietals, having earned 90+ point scores and numerous accolades across the country, has helped to set R&B Cellars apart from the traditional players in the marketplace.
Winemakers Are Jazz Musicians:
Kevin and Barbara Brown, the owners and winemakers: "Wine & jazz is a perfect pairing!" Both Barbara and Kevin are jazz musicians, performing at winery events, charitable events, winemaker dinners and wine tastings across the country. Their passion for jazz is evident by the beautiful musical wine labels and the fun, jazzy names. It is a natural blending of passions: music making and creating fantastic wines. Their motto: Wine That Swings! And so it does.
Award Winning Wines:
R&B Cellars originally started in 1997 as a side project for Kevin. His goal was to create some of California's finest Napa Cabernet Sauvignon, producing only 230 cases that first year. The first vintage, the 1997 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, was critically acclaimed, winning the Vinalies D'Argent in Paris in the year 2000. Fast forward 10 years and the Napa Valley Reserve Cabernets are consistently winning Double Gold Medals from major international wine competitions. The legacy of R&B's Napa Valley Cabernets continue! "We think our best is yet to come!"
High-Quality Wines That Are Value Oriented:
Today, R&B Cellars has expanded to include many new varietals. Seeing a need in the marketplace for high quality wines that are value-oriented, R&B Cellars is now also known for producing finely crafted, beautifully balanced wines, several of them under $18, and all of them garnering great critical acclaim, awards and accolades. The winery now produces 15,000 cases annually. They are fifteen wines strong across nine varietals.
R&B Cellars' Export Business:
R&B has gone global!! For two years now, R&B has exported to Hong Kong and Thailand. More recently, they have begun exporting to Mainland China, Macau, and to nine countries in Africa. Up next: Central America and Vietnam. These are exciting times!
Meet the artist on our wine labels: Mimi Stuart
Mimi is an internationally acclaimed artis who is known for her Aeronautic & Space series, her Sports collection of golfers, racers, skiers and Olympic medalists, as well as her EOS Musical Gem series, from which our musical labels come.
EOS - Energy of Subject
Subjects come to life as color, perspective and soul merge with 24K gold and precious metals that burst with energy.
Mimi's avant-garde EOS work inspires art afficionados in private collections, museums and galleries throughout the worl, including the Smithsonian Institution, San Diego Air & Space Museum and the Purple Heart Museum.
Click here to view her webpage. Click here to read more about EOS.